• Humility: quiet recognition of one’s ablities without bragging or conceit.
• Control of emotions: to prevent emotions from controlling one’s self and lead to a deeper and more meaningful enjoyment of life

Blue Belt 1st Degree

At the Blue Belt level, we work with exercises and techniques to develop:

• An expansion of White, Yellow, and Orange belt material.
• Strengthening of Purple belt material.
• Twisting – moving the body as a unit with the waist as a director
• Extension – extending muscle groups of the limbs while relaxing antagonist muscles
• Lower Body Power – learning to generate striking force from the lower body
• Short Power – maximum force over minimal distance
• An expansion of White through Purple belt material

Techniques

• #12 Combination
• #4 Combination

Forms
• #1 Kata

Mental Objectives

• Understanding Yin/Yang-The Universe functions of opposing forces which complement each other and are necessary to the existance of each: night/day, male/female, hot/cold, up/down; each contains a seed of the other.
• Tao-Nature has a flow. Releasing egocentricity, our lives can be more harmonious with this flow; therefore, more joyful, serece and stress free.

Blue Belt 2nd Degree

At the 2nd Degree Blue Belt level, we work with exercises and techniques to develop:

• Acceptance of the good and bad points of others in a non-judgemental approach.
• Strive towards excellence (Kung Fu) in martial arts and life without harsh self criticism.
• Seek serenity by freeing the mind of disruptive and negative thoughts.
• See all competition as inextricably tied to one’s opponent, as yin is to yang. Seek not to beat your opponent, seek to defeat your fear.

Green Belt 2nd Degree

At the 2nd Degree Green Belt level, we work with exercises and techniques to develop:

• To acquire a stillness of the mind and regeneration of the body through proper breathing.
• To eliminate egocentricity by recognizing our essentialness in a powerful and beautiful universe which we cannot control, along with out oneness which we can control. to top